Examination and Performance
Evaluation
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| Examination and Performance
Evaluation |
| Students will be continuously
assessed through class tests, assignments,
laboratory and project work. For each subject
there will an end of semester examination
with a weightage of 50%.
Following scheme is proposed:
Semester examination ———————
50%
Class Evaluation (Projects, Assignments,
Tests, etc.)———————
50%
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GPA
System |
| Following grade point
average system will be used:
| Letter
Grade |
Grade
Points |
Marks |
Remarks |
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Excellent |
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Good |
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Pass |
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Fail |
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Incomplete
(For Thesis) |
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Satisfactory
(For Thesis) |
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Unsatisfactory (For
Thesis) |
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Withdrawn from the
course |
Letter grades of I,S,U
and W are not used in calculating a student's
GPA.
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Improvement
of Courses Grade |
A student
who secures a letter grade of "C"
may repeat the course. The credit points
earned will, however, be credited once only,
being the higher of the two.
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Failures
and Re-examinations
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A student securing a grade of "F"
in any course may repeat that course,
the credit points earned will, however,
be credited one only, being the higher
of the two. A course with a grade of
"F" will not count towards
fulfilling the coursework requirement
for the degree.
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Dropping
a Course
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A student may submit an application
with the recommendation of the Chairman
of the Department to the Dean of the
Faculty concerned to drop any course
at any time before the semester examination.
If a course is dropped with in the first
two weeks then the student is entitled
to 80% refund of the fees and the course
will not appear on student's academic
record. However, if a course is dropped
after that period then the student is
not entitled to any refund and a letter
grade of "W" will appear in
student's academic record against that
course.
A course, which is dropped, will not
count towards fulfilling the course
work requirements for the degree. The
student will be charged full fees for
the course to be taken in lieu of the
dropped course.
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Thesis
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To obtain the MS degree a Thesis is
required. The Board of Advanced Studies
and Research on recommendation of the
Chairman of the Department will appoint
an Advisor help the student. The student
will choose a suitable topic with the
approval of his/her Advisor who will
guide, advise and monitor his/her progress
and suggest reading material. MS Thesis
Proposal along with literature survey
and research methodology according to
prescribed format will be communicated
to the Board of advanced Studies and
Research for approval. No thesis will
be considered satisfactory unless it
shows a capacity to apply scientific
principles and a presentation of ideas
in logical fashion. The thesis will
be written in English language according
to the prescribed format and will be
submitted in five suitably bound copies.
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Evaluation
of the Thesis
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The BASR, on the recommendation of
the Chairman of the Department concerned,
will appoint a Thesis Evaluation Committee
(TEC) consisting of the Advisor and
two other members who are well-qualifies
experts of the subject from outside
the University for the evaluation of
the thesis. One of the two outside members
shall be appointed as Chairman of the
committee. The three members should
send to the BASR their evaluation of
the thesis. The thesis will be graded
on a Satisfactory (S) or Unsatisfactory
(U) or Incomplete (I) basis.
| 1. |
If
all the three members accept the
thesis as good research work then
the BASR will give permission
to hold a Thesis Defence under
the same committee. During the
Thesis Defence the committee will
subject the student to a viva
voce test on his/her thesis. After
a successful defence the thesis
will be graded as "S"
and TEC will recommend the student
to the BASR for the award of MS
degree, provided all other requirements
have been fulfilled. In case on
an unsuccessful defence the Thesis
is awarded the grade of "U"
and the BASR is advised to drop
the student from the MS Programme.
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| 2. |
If
the committee members agree that
the thesis is good but has some
shortcomings then thesis is graded
as "I" and the BASR
will ask the candidate to work
more on the thesis and submit
it again within a period of at
most three months. On resubmission
on the thesis will be reevaluated
as described in (1). If the TEC
is not satisfied with the resubmitted
thesis then the thesis is rejected,
the student is awarded a grade
of "U" on the thesis
and the BASR is advised to drop
the student from the MS Programme. |
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Language
of the Thesis and Examinations
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The thesis should be written in English
according to the format prescribed be
the University. Any examination and/or
viva voce shall be conducted in English.
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Publication
of the Thesis
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The thesis will be the property of
Sir Syed University of Engineering &
Technology and the University will have
the right to publish whole or part of
the same in a technical journal with
credit being given to the student and
the Advisor. The University will have
full authority to use some or all of
the results obtained. The student may
also do so with the approval of the
University.
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